Sunshine in Canadian Cities: Average Hours & Days a Year

The tables here list the average amount of sun that major cities in Canada get a year. The numbers allow you to compare the annual total hours and days of sunshine for large Canadian urban areas.

Each city has three measures of sunshine. The number for % Sun is the usual percentage of daylight hours with bright sunshine.

Hours gives the total hours of bright sunshine that's normal during a year. Days statistics are for the typical number of days annually with any amount of measurable sunshine. All the data are averages for the years 1981 to 2010.

Total annual sunshine

% Sun	City	Hours	Days
40	Abbotsford, British Columbia	1887	285
52	Calgary, Alberta	2396	333
50	Edmonton, Alberta	2345	325
42	Guelph, Ontario	1948	299
43	Halifax, Nova Scotia	1962	290
45	Hamilton, Ontario	2111	301
40	Kelowna, British Columbia	1949	304
42	Kingston, Ontario	1959	296
38	London, Ontario	1793	286

Average amount of sunshine a year

% Sun	City	Hours	Days
44	Moncton, New Brunswick	2002	293
44	Montréal, Quebec	2051	305
45	Ottawa, Ontario	2084	304
43	Peterborough, Ontario	1999	296
41	Québec City, Quebec	1916	290
50	Regina, Saskatchewan	2318	322
49	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	2268	319
40	Sherbrooke, Quebec	1567	296
43	St. Catharines - Niagara, Ontario	2023	301

Annual sun averages

% Sun	City	Hours	Days
43	Saint John, New Brunswick	1947	283
35	St. John's, Newfoundland	1633	272
42	Sudbury, Ontario	1973	293
46	Thunder Bay, Ontario	2121	305
44	Toronto, Ontario	2066	305
41	Vancouver, British Columbia	1938	289
44	Victoria, British Columbia	2109	308
51	Winnipeg, Manitoba	2353	316